On a Sunday evening, as has been the case for every Sunday the last few months, we were rushing to get ready and be on time for the Holy Mass. Dan, our nine month old, was playing on the floor and it was now his turn to get ready. Just as we picked him up, he started crying, wailing and screaming in protest. He wanted to continue playing. He kept on crying for the entire time we were getting him ready. But once he was ready and we got him out of the house, he was the happiest soul on this planet - smiling from ear to ear, jumping excitedly in his mother's arm. Over the weeks, we have come to know this routine very well and we know that it will happen this Sunday too.
We know very well that Dan loves to go out, but he doesn't understand (yet) that our intention to stop him from playing and to get him ready is exactly so that he can go out.
In some ways, aren't we like Dan? Don't we behave like this with God - our loving Father? If as human parents we would always want the best to happen to our child, how much more would the almighty powerful God want it that way for us, His children. And we just like Dan, cry, protest, whine, rebel, get frustrated, angry, irritated, impatient when all that is required is that we trust God's plan for us and cooperate with Him as He gets us ready for what He has in store for us.Thus says the Lord, "For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope." - Jeremiah 29:11
Surely, He knows the plan for you. It's not an ok-ok plan. It's not a good plan. It's the best plan. Trust in Him. Let Him work in you and with you!
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